A 33-year-old man has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor today after he ran off with the teenage girl whose family took him.

Haylie White, 14, was last seen leaving her Texas home voluntarily with Jacob Daniel West on Tuesday.

A nationwide Amber Alert remains in place because the girl as she is under 18 and at risk of sexual assault, authorities said.

Missing: Haylie White, 14, was last seen leaving her Texas home voluntarily with Jacob Daniel West (right) on Tuesday. An Amber Alert remains in place because the girl is at high risk of sexual assault

Haylie's mother Jan Nixon told ABC that she did everything she could to prevent her daughter leaving with West, even clinging to her daughter's leg as the girl climbed into his pick-up truck outside their home in Houston.

Neither the 14-year-old nor West have been heard from since Tuesday. Miss White has deleted her Facebook profile and is no longer answering her cellphone.